Letters
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Vulture of ‘progress’
by Jesse L. Warmack, Piedmont, Ala.
Jun 17, 2013 | 17 17 comments | 48 48 recommendations | email to a friend
Today’s “Progressivism” is a vulture gnawing at the nation’s liver, viewing Western Culture with the sort of disgust as a modern man contemplating a tribe of cannibals. Moral collapse has already o...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: We are still asleep
by Richard Riggs, Rome
Jun 17, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 22 22 recommendations | email to a friend
While experiencing my tour of duty during the Vietnam era, I really never thought about how my dad felt about his experiences in Korea. I am second-generation Navy and was so proud to do my part i...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Team name is offensive – with a twist
by Mary G. Underwood, Rome
Jun 17, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 19 19 recommendations | email to a friend
I’ve been hearing a lot lately about a move to change the name of the Washington Redskins. It seems that some are offended by the name, so I began to first try to determine how the name could harm...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Lighten up on government Fifes
by Nevin Baker, Rome
Jun 07, 2013 | 2 2 comments | 31 31 recommendations | email to a friend
You can’t put bans and new laws every time something goes wrong. Chiseling away at our freedoms. Look at the times when things go right. We will always have mistakes and idiots. A message to all t...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Odd hand out
by Jack Runninger, Rome
Jun 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 21 21 recommendations | email to a friend
The letter to the editor from (Georgia Conservancy President) Pierre Howard about the U.S. 411 controversy was funny without intending to be. “The truth is,” said he, “that if both sides would com...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Hillary’s history of lies
by William Steinhauer, Kingston
Jun 07, 2013 | 3 3 comments | 26 26 recommendations | email to a friend
How ironic that on the day three courageous Americans were testifying in Washington about the 9/11/12 attack on the Benghazi consulate, one of the worst performers in that debacle, Hillary Clinton,...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Check the facts
by Randy Smith, Rome
Jun 07, 2013 | 17 17 comments | 24 24 recommendations | email to a friend
A recent writer wants us to think President Obama’s and the Democratic Party’s policies are working? Sadly, that writer appears to believe all he hears on the mainstream media without actually chec...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Creating humor
by Nancy H. Johnson, Rome
Jun 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 23 23 recommendations | email to a friend
I would like to commend Dick Yarbrough on his editorial published in the Rome News-Tribune Saturday, June 1. The title was “Waiting for atheists to create a sunset or a duck-billed platypus.” Now, ...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Play up our boat ramps
by Reid Parker, Rome
Jun 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
I am writing to you as a requirement for my Boy Scouts communications merit badge. In my opinion, the city of Rome would benefit from greater access to and signage indicating access points for boat...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Time to compromise on the 411 Connector northern route
by Pierre Howard, President, Georgia Conservancy Atlanta
Jun 03, 2013 | 3 3 comments | 23 23 recommendations | email to a friend
The Rome News-Tribune’s recent blog post on the long-standing U.S. 411 controversy is a reminder that the elephant in the room, so to speak, is that no one is saying that the road should not be bui...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Memory of Debby Brown lives on
by Rita Fowler, Rome
Jun 03, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
My friend, Debby Brown, died May 20, and there will always be a hole in my heart that she left. I first met her at Chieftains Museum, and then there she was when our family went to Rome Little Thea...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: The elephant stands revealed
by Bill Combs, Calhoun
Jun 03, 2013 | 4 4 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
Truth is irrevocable and constant. The weight of its fullness presses for full recognition. The nose of the elephant signifies and precedes its actual bulk, which will ultimately follow. Amazingly,...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Support your local international opera star
by Betty Zane Morris, Rome
May 29, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
Romans will have a chance to hear and appreciate one of our own shining stars as Jamie Barton, mezzo soprano, appears in a concert at First Baptist Church, Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Jamie grew up in A...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Commissioners evasive on backyard chickens
by Erin Lewis, Rome
May 29, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 20 20 recommendations | email to a friend
I have encountered some problems lately with a couple of our Rome city commissioners. I was told that I could have a meeting with a certain commissioner about a decision she helped make which rest...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Hunting blue snake, Bauxite Monster
by Charlie Swearingen, former Roman
May 29, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 16 16 recommendations | email to a friend
Back in the late '60s a real big blue snake was found in a lake that used to be an old bauxite mine in Rome. I tried every way under the sun to search on the computer but can’t retrieve that articl...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Tax dollars recouped
by ML McCorkle, Rome
May 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
Today lightning hit our house and flames were coming out of the cable box. I called 911, and the fire department arrived promptly — even though we live outside of the city limits and up a steep hil...
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    by Joseph B. Gesing, Silver Creek
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    by Hartwell Nolan LCDR, USN, retired, Shannon
    05.24.13 - 06:30 am
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    by S. David Doss, managing partner, Samson Development Group, Rome
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  • IN TOURING Europe this week, President Obama has portrayed Russia’s Vladi­mir Putin as a ruler with whom he can build a “constructive, cooperative relationship that moves us out of a Cold War mind-set.” It’s a blinkered view that willfully ignores the Russian president’s behavior.

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    2013-06-19 19:46:23 -0400

    LOST IN the hysteria being whipped up about Common Core standards is that the movement to infuse new rigor in schools started at the state level. Governors and state education officials, alarmed that U.S. students were being outpaced globally, banded together to develop clear and consistent standards. This sensible and badly needed reform should not be derailed by misguided and misinformed opposition.

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    2013-06-19 19:17:43 -0400

    A 58-YEAR-OLD man held at the D.C. jailwas found dead Tuesday and, though authorities have yet to officially determine whether the death was by suicide or homicide, the incident has raised questions about the decisions of court and corrections officials. It’s important that a prompt, full and transparent investigation take place.

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    2013-06-19 19:16:40 -0400

    THE UNITED States and the European Union continue moving toward a free-trade pact known as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). Last week, E.U. trade ministers agreed on a common opening position for negotiations, enabling President Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron to say, on the sidelines of the Group of Eight Summit on Monday, that talks would begin next month in Washington. Touting the deal, Mr. Cameron said it could add $415 billion per year to the global economy, divided roughly evenly among the United States, Europe and everyone else. Mr. Obama pledged the deal is “going to be a priority of mine and my administration.”

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